[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10166-10167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03330]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0036; FRL-9376-6]
Access Interpreting; Transfer of Data
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that pesticide related information
submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including information
that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI)
by the submitter, will be transferred to Access Interpreting in
accordance with the CBI regulations. Access Interpreting has been
awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and access to this
information will enable Access Interpreting to fulfill the obligations
of the contract.
DATES: Access Interpreting will be given access to this information on
or before February 19, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MaryC Simmons, Information Technology
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-6452: email
address: simmons.maryc@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action applies to the public in general. As such, the Agency
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be
affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0036. Publicly available
docket materials are available either in the electronic docket http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is (703) 305-
5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information
about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
II. Contractor Requirements
Under Contract No. EP10H000109, this contract is to provide the
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Human Resources (OHR) with
Sign Language interpreting services. The contractor shall provide
professional interpreters who shall make every effort to arrive at
scheduled assignments 15 minutes prior to the start of the assignment,
concurrent with general interpreting standards. Contract interpreters
whom the Contractor sends must have a cell phone or text pager that
will allow them to get instant messages for quick communication of last
minute changes.
The work will be performed in a space to be designated by EPA,
primarily at EPA Headquarters and other Washington, DC area EPA
facilities. Occasional travel will be involved. The sign language
personnel will report to the location specified by the EPA Headquarters
Interpreting Coordinator, also identified as the Project Officer under
this contract. There will be some requests for interpreters in
different areas of the United States. The contractor must have the
ability to procure services in different locations throughout the
country. The Contractor must primarily serve Deaf and hard of hearing
persons as a major function of their business and be stationed in the
Washington, DC metropolitan area.
This contract involves no subcontractors.
OPP has determined that the contract described in this document
involves work that is being conducted in connection with FIFRA, in that
pesticide chemicals will be the subject of certain evaluations to be
made under this contract. These evaluations may be used in subsequent
regulatory decisions under FIFRA.
Some of this information may be entitled to confidential treatment.
The information has been submitted to EPA under FIFRA sections 3, 4, 6,
and 7 and under FFDCA sections 408 and 409.
In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the
contract with Access Interpreting prohibits use of the information for
any purpose not specified in this contract; prohibits disclosure of the
information to a third party without prior written approval from the
Agency; and requires that each official and employee of the contractor
sign an agreement to protect the information from unauthorized release
and to handle it in accordance with the FIFRA Information Security
Manual. In addition, Access Interpreting is required to submit for EPA
approval a security
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plan under which any CBI will be secured and protected against
unauthorized release or compromise. No information will be provided to
Access Interpreting until the requirements in this document have been
fully satisfied. Records of information provided to Access Interpreting
will be maintained by EPA Project Officers for this contract. All
information supplied to Access Interpreting by EPA for use in
connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when Access
Interpreting has completed its work.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government
contract, Government property, Security measures.
Dated: January 30, 2013.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-03330 Filed 2-12-13; 8:45 am]
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